Homage to Isamu Noguchi

Diaphanous

Lot 23A

Bong Peñera (with cover art by Malang)

Batucada sa Calesa

LP record (cover, vinyl, and insert music sheet)

Blackgold Records Corporation, 1977 (ELP-5002)

Quick Overview

Rated VG (cover) and Excellent (record) based on the Goldmine standard rating system.

Produced in 1977 by Blackgold Records under license from CBS-Sony, with cover art by Malang taken from a photo of the painting at the the Hyatt Regency Manila’s Calesa Bar, it is the second album by Peñera, who is credited for having popularized samba and bossanova in the Philippine music scene, combining Filipino and English lyrics in tunes inspired by Antonio Carlos Jobim.